Greater Amakihi
A species of Viridonia Scientific name : Viridonia sagittirostris Genus : Viridonia
Greater Amakihi, A species of Viridonia
Botanical name: Viridonia sagittirostris
Genus: Viridonia
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Description
Description
The greater ʻamakihi, also known as the green solitaire while it was extant, was the largest recent ʻamakihi. It was a brownish winged bird with a yellow body ending with a notched tail, and a whitish pointed beak. It was six inches long and it had blackish brown legs. (At least one naturalist of the era, however, noted, "The beautiful blue of the legs is retained in the skin for only a few days and then fades almost to black.") The major difference between it and its relative was that its bill was white and the fact that the bird was six inches in comparison to the four-inch Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi.
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
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Perching birds Family
Finches Genus
Viridonia Species
Greater Amakihi